Rijswijk

English

Alternative forms

  • Ryswick (chiefly historical)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Rijswijk.

Proper noun

Rijswijk

  1. A town and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Rieswiek (Gelderland, dialect form)
  • Rijsik (Noord-Brabant, dialect form)

Etymology

Compound of Old Dutch *ris (“twig, branches, brushwood”) (potentially referring to interwoven fencing) and *wic (“farm, settlement, village”). By surface analysis, rijs +‎ wijk.

  • (Zuid-Holland) First attested as riiswiicaround the end of the 11th century.
  • (Noord-Brabant) Potentially attested as riswic in 1076-1081, attested with certainty as riseuuihc in the first quarter of the 13th century.
  • (Gelderland) First attested as risuuic in 918-948.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛi̯s.ʋɛi̯k/
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  • Hyphenation: Rijs‧wijk

Proper noun

Rijswijk n

  1. a town and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands, to the south of The Hague
    Synonym: Knotsengat (Carnival nickname)
    Meronyms: Sion, 't Haantje
  2. a village and former municipality of Altena, North Brabant, Netherlands
  3. a village in Buren, Gelderland, Netherlands

Derived terms

  • Rijswijker
  • Rijswijks

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “rijswijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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